Becoming Dauntless Newsletter: Privacy or XR - Pick One
But First…Cool, if Real
A 3D vibe coding example that isn’t cringe:
Mercifully, this is real. Watch the video on Evelyn Mora's LinkedIn post.
Becoming Dauntless
Visionaries live in the future but will settle for living in the now. Reliving the past, however, is a form of torture. But as a visionary AND business owner, ignoring history is ill-advised. I'm not talking about hitting the history books (although that's one way to do it), but the often skipped but invaluable project retrospective. While I'd rather not relive all our mistakes and document them for all to see, retros do fuel that allusive continuous improvement consultants are always harping about. If you want a playbook to implement a retro and/or want to do business with NASA, listen in on our retro on our first NASA contract (subscribe to get notified when it drops on Wednesday) on our podcast episode this week. A lessons learned review doesn’t have to be a grueling experience or a waste of time (I promise).
Project Retrospective: Our First NASA Contract
TL;DR: The easiest way to get started is with a whiteboard, sticky notes, and a Start/Stop/Continue grid. See it on Miro or steal our template on Canva (it’s free).
Industry News
AWE registrations are open. (AWE XR). Here are the sessions I'm attending: The live TechMagic podcast with Cathy Hackl , Fireside Chat with Palmer Luckey, Requirements for XR in the Aerospace & Defense Industry, OpenXR and the Future of XR: Interoperability in a 5G/Edge-Driven World, and everything is the XR + AI track.
$1400 Meta Ray Bans. (Road to VR). Bloomberg got the [allegedly] specs for the upcoming "Hypernova" smartglasses from Meta x Ray-Bans. Two interesting notes: 1) Bloomberg compares the glasses' specifications to mobile devices, giving people a relatable frame of reference - j'adore. 2) The glasses are potentially tethered to a smartphone companion app. For lightweight smartglasses, this seems like the go-to way to offload computing. Also, Meta supposedly shelved the version without a forward-facing camera. Are the options no XR or no privacy? It's starting to feel that way.
An XR Company is Buying Napster. (Organix). Infinite Reality acquired the music service Napster. Cue the nostalgia. This reminds us of that time the Foo Fighters did a concert in VR….It makes sense: VR has the most traction in gaming, and entertainment is a logical sidestep to build on that.
Object recognition on the fly (Conway Anderson - LinkedIn). Cool - more details, please. If you aren’t using YOLO, what is detecting the objects? If it's the LLM, what is it trained on? Is this a UI/UX play?
Saved on Socials
The posts, memes and videos that caught our attention and made us think this week.
Origin of the term "software bug"(LinkedIn)
What do you do for a living? I click this button. (Instagram)
If you work in IT, this cloud message is for you (Instagram)
Recently Played >
What our founders listened to this week.
The Fraud Trial that Became JPMorgan's Headache (Spotify). If you've been following the Frank app vs JPMorgan saga, give this a listen.
Jon Stewart's Ezra Klein Interview Breaking Down the GovCon Process. Regardless of your politics, this is painful to listen to and painful to live through. (YouTube - start at 19:56)
The Fast-Approaching Death of the Metaverse (Podcast - YouTube)
Overheard on Slack
Enter the chat. What our devs are talking about…
“You can’t do the bare minimum and call it a feature. Looking at you, Meta passthrough API.”
“Don’t build another headset demo that never makes it off the conference floor.”
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